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The graves at Knoxville National Cemetery are arranged in a circular pattern, with each burial section separated by walkways. The burial sections each form one quarter of the circle, with the headstones converging toward the middle, where there is a flagpole and cloth canopy.
While platting Knoxville with his son-in-law, Charles McClung, in 1791, White ordered at least one lot to be set aside for a church and cemetery. The cemetery spot may have been used as early as the 1780s for burials, and the cemetery contained several graves by 1799, but the earliest marker is Blount's, dated 1800. [ 1 ]
Old Gray Cemetery is the second-oldest cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.Established in 1850, the 13.47-acre (5.45 ha) cemetery contains the graves of some of Knoxville's most influential citizens, ranging from politicians and soldiers, to artists and activists.
The Half-Century of Knoxville: Being the Address and Proceedings at the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town, February 10, 1842. To which is added an appendix: containing a number of historical documents. (Printed at the Register Office, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1852). Isenhour, Judith Clayton. Knoxville, A Pictorial History.
SOUTH KNOXVILLE. Veterans cemetery earns salute for excellence, visit by governor. Zach Thomas, Shopper News. Gov. Bill Lee visited the East Tennessee Veterans Cemetery off John Sevier Highway on ...
In a moving display of respect and honor, the Knoxville community came together to bid a final farewell to civil rights luminary and historian Robert J. Booker, who died Feb. 22 at age 88.
Federal prosecutors said the couple at least twice provided the wrong body for a cemetery burial resulting in the incorrect remains being buried in a gravesite plot. They allegedly concealed their ...
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville [1] Asbury Cemetery, Knoxville ‡ Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga; Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Russellville; Delap Cemetery, Campbell County; East Hill Cemetery, Bristol; First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville; Kelly's Ferry Cemetery, Marion County